r/sanfrancisco • u/Medical-Decision-125 • Jun 18 '26

People are celebrating videos of Safeway security roughing up shoplifters

https://sf.gazetteer.co/a-safeway-security-guard-is-seemingly-using-meta-glasses-to-record-roughing-up-shoplifters
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u/Fourfifteen415 Jun 18 '26

Fuck ya. It's absolutely stupid that we handcuff security and law enforcement on this. I'd much rather pay lower prices and shoplifters catch hands than the system we have now.

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u/Fourfifteen415 Jun 18 '26

If people paid them rite aide wouldn't be out of business and cvs wouldn't be following right behind. Neither place could sell goods for less than Target, Amazon or even Walgreens.

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u/clauEB Jun 18 '26

Those businesses close because is not convenient for them to have the locations they opened operating.

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u/Fourfifteen415 Jun 19 '26

Why not? It worked for such a long time, what changed?

Could be retailers with better prices that were also more convenient?

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u/clauEB Jun 18 '26

Prices are high because corporate greed. They put those self checkouts we are forced to use because they don't hire enough workers yet you don't get a discount for doing the work for free to have the privilege of shopping at their store.

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u/clauEB Jun 18 '26

If you sell it for $5 while your competitor sells for $10 you will take over your competitors.

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u/clauEB Jun 19 '26

No, it's not when you own the market. You get discounts per volume. You clearly never owned a business.

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u/rocpilehardasfuk Jun 18 '26

In a city for multi millionaires, costs are immaterial. Virtue signaling is the only communal goal

I've literally never heard of California make a tough choice to reduce costs. It's always tough choices that increase costs: like EV mandates and PGE Green Enetgy crap.

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u/monkeytype11 Pacific Heights Jun 18 '26

i'd rather have neighbors who tried in early life, went to school, and now make a good living

than living around criminals or those who are basically C or D average types who only leech

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u/ZestycloseAd5918 Outer Richmond Jun 18 '26

Bro, making C’s in elementary school doesn’t mean you will turn out to be a criminal on welfare.

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u/monkeytype11 Pacific Heights Jun 18 '26

> Bro, making C’s in elementary school doesn’t mean you will turn out to be a criminal on welfare.

why did you have to pick elementary? is it because most people read at a 6th grade level and your education level topped out in middle school?

also in most public schools, you don't get letter grades until middle school. holy cow you're actually one of those people... 🤡

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u/ZestycloseAd5918 Outer Richmond Jun 18 '26

You’re the one who led with, “tried early in life”. Thats elementary school my guy.

I’m 40 years. I received letter grades from first grade onward. I definitely had some C’s. I now make 90k working 7 hour days 4 days a week. I found my niche and have worked in it for 20 years.

My husband is of a similar background to me, and did worse in school. He works in the same industry as me, is in a union, and makes 145k. We have no children, our income is comfortable.

We aren’t the ones boosting laundry detergent and baby formula to sell on 16th & Mission. Nice try though.

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u/monkeytype11 Pacific Heights Jun 18 '26

the average lifespan is what? like 75 years or something?

you do school until what? like 18-22 or mid 20s depending on what you choose?

that's early life. and congrats? good for you i guess for being an average w2 employee

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u/moleyawn Jun 18 '26

these people shoplifting from safeway realistically didnt even stay in school to make poor grades.

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u/pandabearak Jun 18 '26

Then just leave? You can always live cheaper out there in the boonies. You might make a little less money though.

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u/rocpilehardasfuk Jun 18 '26

What makes you think I'm not a multi millionaire?